Cameron Mauritson, whose grapes supply some 60 different wineries, walks among his 350 acres of vines near Healdsburg, Calif., Oct. 16, 2017. Even as fires still trouble California’s wine country, growers are reckoning with a new crisis: the potential departure of much of their work force. « To function, we have to be able to retain the immigrant workers in the area, » Mauritson said. *** Local Caption *** Agriculture, vignes
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